Teaching Artist
2023 - Cont. | NIDA OPEN (Brisbane)
Delivering acting and voice classes for junior and intermediate students using stage/film craft methods. Bespoke delivery of courses in voice, movement, improvisation, devised work, character development, and text analysis.
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2022 - 2024 | THE UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE | VCA - Theatre Department
Annual delivery of three winter breadth courses; ‘The Actors Process’, ‘Improvisation: Text, Space, and Action’, and ‘Acting for Camera'.
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2023 | QUEENSLAND THEATRE | THEATRE RESIDENCY WEEK (Townsville)
Bespoke delivery of a weeklong holiday workshop to high school students in voice, movement, improvisation, devised work, character development, and text analysis - in regional Queensland.
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​2022 | THE NATIONAL THEATRE (Melbourne)
Delivering acting classes for Junior (stage/film) and Intermediate (stage), working towards an end-of-year showcase. Bespoke delivery of courses in voice, movement, improvisation, devised work, character development, and text analysis.
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2022 | MEGAMIX SOCIAL | THE CHANNEL - ARTS CENTRE MELBOURNE
Operating educational tours within the Australian Music Vault (Megamix Social), serving methods in lyric writing and rock history.
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2017 & 2018 | UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE | VCA - Music Theatre Department
Wrote and delivered a twelve-week academic exploration into the life and works of Stephen Sondheim.
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2017 & 2018 | CENTRESTAGE PERFORMING ARTS SCHOOL (Melbourne)
Delivered two weekly classes to the intermediate levels (10 to 13-year-olds), working towards an end-of-year showcase. Bespoke delivery of courses in voice, movement, improvisation, devised work, character development, and text analysis.
Dirk holds a Bachelor of Theatre Arts in acting (USQ - 2001)
and a Master of Directing for Performance (VCA, UniMelb - 2016)